Manifolding ticket-record and train-check.



' PATENTED AUG. 25, 1908.

J. 0. M. SEIBERT. MANIIGLDINGv TICKET RECORD AND TRAIN GHEGK.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 18, 1906. RENEWED MAY 27, 1908.

JACOB O. n. sinister, or cnroixoo, ILLrNois, Asslonon' OF ONE-HALF To LOUIS E. PFAADT, or onioaco, rtmnors.

MANIFOLDING TICKET-RECORD AND TRAIN-CHECK.

.Specification Of Letters Yatent.

Patented Aug. 25, 1908.

Application led May 18, 1906, Serial No. 317,618; Renewed May 27, 1908. SerialNo. lJi3v,29.

To' all who/m. it may concer-n: Be it known that l, JACOB O. M. Sninar, .ta citizen ol" the United States, residingl at j l ago, in. thefcounty of Cook and State of mois,`v have 'invented a new and use'l'ul lm# provemcnt in Manifolding' Ticket-Records andJTrain-Checks, which the following is a 'rticat'ion I'11"`c"ordsand train-clucks sending to enable a conductor sin1ultane'OUsly to make a record of the number and character of tickets presented to him and prepare corresponding train-checks for the".passengers preseating;l the, tickets. p Y

My primary object is to provide simple, eti'ective and economical means for el'l'ecting the purpose indicated.

The invention is illustrated in its preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawing', in Which#- 'Figure l is a 'face view of a par or book7 of combination ticket-records and train- `checks in accordance vwith my invention; Fig. 2, a view showing` certain of the record sheets partially rolled and certain OlE the train-checks broken away to disclose the arrangement in the pad 3 andFig. 3', a perspective view of a detached train-check.

ln the embodiment shown the intention comprises a pad formed of alternating record-sheets and train-check cards o, a, (l and .7. o1, l-#andall detaclnrbly c nne(ted with the end portion c Ol' the pad. Otherwise stated the record-sheets and train-eherl k cards are arranged in series ol' pairs, recordsheet overlying each train-cluck card. Each of the record sheets comprises a leaf ol paper bearingl the markings indicated in Fig. l, it being understood, hmvever, that the record sheet cI shown in Fie'. 1 has had printed thereonthe record of a ticket. llaeh record sheet is, Vin the form illustrated, designed to receive the record ol three tickets; and each traincheck card comprises three separable train-checks adapted to receive thereon a. carbon copy ol the markings made on the supeip. sed record sheet by the conductorA Each record sheet is provided at or nearits tf )with vthree spaces 19", 11., (17'. To lthe right oi cach ol' these spaces are two similar spaces of, 1.7, one of which hears the letter M and the other the letter l", the letter being centrally arranged in the space in each instance. On the central portion ol' theV sheet, beiuiath invention relates to combination ticket space each. of the spaces o, c4, c5, are arranged-i mileage blanks (L8. ln a lower position is av signature blank ont.

yAt the lower end olrthe sheet are provided characters (L10 indicating various ticket peculiarities, such as Inst-class, second-class, through, excursion, etc. By a system known to the railroad company, the charactersaw may be employed by thel conductor in noting on the record the character of the ticket pre.- sented to him. A Thus, if a male passenger presents a first-class through ticket, the fact `may be. noted by indicating therv characterl. above the letter M in the space c and the character 4 below the letter M in the saine space. lf a female presents the ticket, the bearing the letter F may be used'. Each ot' the spaces a3, ai, c5 bears the Word to centrally placed,l leaving space above and belowl to indicate the starting and the destination stations7 respectively. Thus`the starting station A5 and the destination station A15 are indicated in the space a5. record sheets may be, numbered as indicated, using,l the characters A1, B1, C1 on the lirst sheet, the characters A2, B2, C2 on the second sheet, and so on. The train-check cards underneath and alternating with the record sheets are numbered to correspond with the numbering on the record sheet directly almve the train-elu-\ck.

ln order that the record made on the record sheets may be transferred to the trainel'iecks, the record sheets arey irovided on their rear or bottom surfaces with carbonized portions or strips au, (1,12, cl3 arranged in suc- `cessively lower planes on the'sncets and beneath the spaces provided for the characters indicating stations. The reason for this arrangement is that it enables a record to be transferred to the train-check card immediately beneath a recordsheet without the transfer beiner continued onto the next record sheet or the next tram-check card. rPlus earbon-suri'aeed \ortion olvthe Vl'irst'record sheet, without danger ol" undesired transfer beinel ell'ected.

ln Fig. l, the characters A5 and A15 have been rcpresentml as lmvingl been illcd in by The l well-known pro erties ofthe pa er. In practice, the train-c eck is expose to view during travel, so that a train-auditor may know thestarting point and destination point of the traveler.

It is obvious that the record sheets taken I together constitute a record of the tickets recelved by the conductor, and that by the use of the same the report of the conductor may be greatly simplified, resulting in economy of time.

' The foregoing detailed description. has been given for clearness of understanding only, and no undue limitation should be understood therefrom;v

What I regard as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A combination record and train-check pad, or book, comprising a plurality of alternating record-sheets and train-checks with strips of carbon surfaces arranged between the sheets and checks in staggered relation, said checks each having blanks on their front surfaces arranged opposite the carbonvsurfaces on-their rear surfaces, for the purpose set forth.

2. A book or pad constituting combination train-checks land ticket-records,4 comprising a plurality of record sheets having onA their front surfaces blanks with indicia indieating that they are to receivestation-indi! cating characters and having alsoon their,

rear surfaces strips of transfer material, the blanks and transfer material of the 'severalsheets bearing a stag ered relation, and trainchecks arranged in *5 record-sheets.

3. A book or ad constituting combination ticket-recors' and trainechecks' comprising a plurality of record-sheets each record sheet having a plurality of transversely arrangedFs'pac-es with means for indicating that they are to receive station-indicating characters and having also a carbn surface of limited area on its rear side back of said spaces, or blanks, the carbon-surfaced portions of the several record-sheets being arranged onel below the other in series, and a plurality of train-check cards arranged inI alternation between the record sheets, saidj cards having longitudinal perforatelines, for

the purpose set forth.

4. The combination of a record-sheet hav.

ling a plurality of transversely alined spaces with indicia for indicating that -theyfare to receive station-indicati characters, said record-sheet being provi ed with numeralsat the several spaces and with a transverse strip of c'arloonizedy surface back of said transversely aline'd spaces, and av train-checkl card thereunder comprising sections bearing the same numerals as the respective superposed portions of the record-sheet, said sections of said card bein separated by perforate longi tudinal lines, or the ur ose set forth.-

JACO M. SEIBERT. In presence of L.v ,HEIsLArL J H. LANDES.'

ternation Vb/etw'een said l. 

